March 2010

Government Lifts Red Alert on River Basins

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 28/03/2010 - 23:50
Government Lifts Red Alert on River Basins - On the advice of the country's relief agency, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC), the Mozambican government on Tuesday lifted the red alert on the main river basins in the centre of the country. [AA Network News]

First Phase of Airport Expansion Nears Completion

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 28/03/2010 - 23:49
First Phase of Airport Expansion Nears Completion - The first phase of the expansion and modernization of Maputo International Airport will be complete by 31 May, according to the Chinese contractor, the Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation (AFECC). [AA Network News]

Electricity to Reach a Further 120,000 Households

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 28/03/2010 - 23:49
Electricity to Reach a Further 120,000 Households - The publicly owned Mozambican electricity company, EDM, is planning to connect a further 120,000 households to the grid this year, declared EDM chairperson Manuel Cuambe on Wednesday. [AA Network News]

One Stop Border Post to Be Ready by June

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 28/03/2010 - 23:48
One Stop Border Post to Be Ready by June - The General-Director of Mozambican Customs, Domingos Tivane, assured reporters on Wednesday that the one-stop border post between Mozambique and South Africa, at Ressano Garcia, will be ready before the football World Cup, to be held in South Africa in June and July. [AA Network News]

New Rural Water and Sanitation Programme Launched

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 28/03/2010 - 23:48
New Rural Water and Sanitation Programme Launched - The Mozambican government on Wednesday launched a National Rural Water and Sanitation Programme (PRONASUR), intended to ensure that Mozambican can comply with the water-related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). [AA Network News]

Districts to Be Classified as 'Free of Mines'

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 28/03/2010 - 23:48
Districts to Be Classified as 'Free of Mines' - The Mozambican government's National Demining Institute (IND) intends to start classifying districts as "free of land mines" as from this year, as part of the strategy of demining district by district, under the 2008-2014 National Mine Action Plan. [AA Network News]

New International Airport for Pemba

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sun, 28/03/2010 - 23:47
New International Airport for Pemba - A new international airport is to be built in Pemba, the capital of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, since it was found that the cost of expanding and modernizing the existing one is about the same as that of building a new one, reports Friday's issue of the Maputo daily 'Noticias'. [AA Network News]

Public Works Minister Visits Inhambane

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 19/03/2010 - 18:32
Public Works Minister Visits Inhambane - Mozambican Public Works Minister Cadmiel Muthemba started on Wednesday a five day working visit to the southern province of Inhambane to assess the progress of work for which his ministry is responsible. [AA Network News]

Cholera Situation "Stationary"

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 19/03/2010 - 18:32
Cholera Situation "Stationary" - The Mozambican Health Ministry regards the cholera situation as "stationary" in the five northern and central provinces hit by the disease this year. [AA Network News]

Stormy Weather Causes Power Cuts

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 19/03/2010 - 18:32
Stormy Weather Causes Power Cuts - Parts of the southern Mozambican provinces of Maputo, Gaza, and Inhambane have been suffering power cuts since Wednesday evening caused by stormy weather that set the Xinavane sub-station, in Maputo province, on fire. [AA Network News]